PRUFROCK S INSECURITIES HIS WORRIES AND HIS ASPECT OF TIME
... S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is in the form of a dramatic monologue where the speaker is talking to his alter ego. Prufrock feels isolated and incapable of decisive action to vocalize his thoughts. ... Prufrock’s concentration on his physical appearance wants nothing less than the ability to fully articulate and control an image of himself. Prufrock is more self-conscious and less confident: “With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-/ (They will say: ‘How his hair is growing thin! ... These physical insecurities prevent him from living the life he longs for by distracting him from the things that have real meaning, i. ... Prufrock is consumed with these insignificant details of his life. Prufrock avoids life not only through trite physical worries, but through numerous mental labors as well. These mental labors range from imagining himself as being completely vulnerable “Like a patient etherized upon a table “ (pg 1676, line 3) to Prufrock looking at the superficiality of his life.